Why we should all be grateful Americans - The Hill We should all be grateful for what we have and for being able to call ourselves Americans While service members and the military aren’t perfect, we owe them a debt of gratitude for the freedoms
Envy Poisons the Soul, but Gratitude Opens the Heart Envy for what you don’t have or resentment for what you think others don’t deserve poisons the soul Gratitude for what you do have opens the heart These things aren’t simply material, they’re
Politics Is Destroying Civil Society—But Gratitude Can Save Us Goldberg writes, “Where there is no gratitude—and the effort that gratitude demands—all manner of resentments and hostilities flood back in ” Notice how often the language of politicians focuses on lack and grievances
Gratitude and Reconciliation for Americans: It Shouldnt Take . . . “Yet, as America neared its 50 th anniversary, Jefferson and Adams reconciled ” After a decade estranged, the two regained their close friendship, both dying on the same day, America’s Jubilee, July 4, 1826 Jefferson was age 83, and Adams 90, extremely old for their time
The American Miracle: Promoting Gratitude, Not Guilt Those who reject the trendy argument that America’s unique good fortune stems from the nation’s uniquely bad behavior, tend to turn to “happy accidents” as the most convenient explanation for our disproportionate blessings